Act 5, Episode 5, Scene 48

The Students Guide the Party Back Into the Cave

2026-04-30 / Cave entrance near Root Barrel Farm

Recap StoryCurrent Campaign2100 M.B. / recorded 2026-04-302100 M.B.

Session LogAdapted RecapAct 5Episode 5Cave Entrance Near Root Barrel FarmVQU Students+8 tags

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What Happened

After a short rest, the party re-enters the cave with Zetch, Ellenthyra Mew, and Nell Quiv as lower-year VQU guides.

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Main Cast

Slip - Nell QuivCautious Jinni student / exhausted guide: Warns that the student trio are lower-year students and mostly out of resources while still agreeing to show the party where they saw the dragonborn.Vigor - Ellenthyra MewCatfolk monk student / stamina-powered cave guide: Reminds Ash she goes by Vigor at the university, talks about following Albert's steps from monkhood toward greater power, and guides the party toward the cave.

Supporting Cast

Foulcrum - Ash StonefistMonastery elder / worried mentor: Talks with Ellenthyra/Vigor about leaving the Temple of the Equinox Veil, following Albert's path, power, and the need for absence of power.Rubber - ZetchExcited kobold student / murderball enthusiast: Bounces around Vic, celebrates the student trio's earlier cave victory, and urges the group forward while acting eager to be thrown.Vic VaurrMurderball partner / Zetch handler: Lets Zetch bounce off him and later throws the kobold as the cave mission gets underway.

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Cardinal - Jonah Subramountian Lamia - Morgan Draxtler Prism - Elmyra Manticore

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My Alchemical RomanceThe primary adventuring orbit of the current campaign. My Alchemical Romance is the adventuring name people use for the party; officially, the team operates as Q.U.E.S.T. under Von Queef University.Von Queef UniversityVon Queef University currently has 76 linked character entries in the World of Jericha archive.The First FiveFounding student cohort

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Von Queef UniversityInstitution / Campus Hub Root Barrel FarmFarm / Commune Site

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After a short rest, the cave lead resumed with My Alchemical Romance and the VQU student trio walking into danger together.

The students were lower-year, low on resources, and still very much students. Nell Quiv cautioned that they were out of spell slots. Zetch kept bouncing off Vic and treating murderball-style throws like a newly discovered hobby. Ellenthyra Mew talked with Ash about leaving the Temple of the Equinox Veil and following Albert's path from monkhood toward greater power.

That last part sat badly.

For Ash, the idea of young monks treating Albert's power path as aspirational was not just personal discomfort. It was a warning sign. The cave mission had become more than a rescue route. It was an upperclassmen and lowerclassmen crossover, a place where VQU's newest adventurers carried ambition, exhaustion, and half-understood legends into a problem they were not ready to finish alone.

The party re-entered the cave with guides.

But the guides were also reminders that VQU was producing more people willing to chase power into dark places.

Episode / Arc

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Episode Scenes

Scene 1Enemy Offers Peace in Bones's Crypt Scene 15Elmyra Inherits the Problem Scene 16Elmyra Manticore Refuses the Smelly Labs Scene 17Oskar Comes Home Duller Than His Armor Scene 18Gemma Delivers More Than Mail Scene 19Jonah Interrupts the Big Project Scene 20Nick Kremp Is Seen Alive Scene 21The Trap Is Not for Jonah Scene 22The Mystery Machine Pays Out Scene 23Ash Refuses the Path Oskar Still Offers Scene 24The Farm Becomes More Important Than the Quota Scene 25The Mail They Missed Still Matters Scene 26Hexnames Become the Identity Check Scene 27The Death Mask Leaves the Party Scene 28Judah Brings the Crown of Thorns Scene 29I.J. Answers Where Nick Does Not Scene 30The Troll Under the Bridge Possesses Morgan Scene 31Katrine Draxler Fines Her Sister Scene 32The Road Is Lit by Petrified People Scene 33Root Barrel Farm Is Open Again Scene 34Orval Finkus Offers Hospitality Before Nick Appears Scene 35Elmyra Asks How This Team Crosses Anything Scene 36No One Knows Which Ring Maine Has Scene 37Orval Finkus Wants His Dragonborn Returned Scene 38Nick Fails the Nick Tests Scene 39Blue Wingkin Says the Farm Is Better Than Prison Scene 40The Party Decides Not to Confront Nick Yet Scene 41Black Wingkin Hides Above the Dead Necromancer Scene 42The Chapel Belongs to the Vayne Family's Old Rot Scene 43Hugo Keeps the Gloves Vic Throws Away Scene 44Black Wingkin Goes Back With Jonah's Warhammer Scene 45The Cave Lead Has VQU Students in the Way Scene 46Jonah Suggests Breaking the Legendary Wand Scene 47Hugo Keeps Following From the Trees Scene 48 - CurrentThe Students Guide the Party Back Into the Cave Scene 49The Cave Is Still Full of Gnolls Scene 50Elmyra Clears the Cave With Fireball Scene 51Vic Throws Zetch Like a Murderball Scene 52Jonah Falls Through the Owlbear Nest Scene 53New Goblin City Waits Under the Cave Scene 54Elmyra's Command Wakes the Boosted Spiders Scene 55Madame Batdorf Starts Talking From the Loot Scene 56The Students Accidentally Hand Over Better Loot Scene 57Vic Breathes the Boost and Gets Only the Poison Scene 58Morgan Lightning Bolts the Spider Pit Scene 59Zetch Jumps After Vic Scene 60Hugo Stops Shadowing and Starts Fighting Scene 61Jonah and Elmyra Hold the Pit Together Scene 62The Ledger Goblin Explains New Goblin City Scene 63The Collectors Try to Stop the Leak Scene 64The Three-Lock Box Remains on the Bridge Scene 65Jonah Worries What the Students Are Learning

Episodes In This Act

Episode 2 Episode 3 Episode 4 Episode 5 Episode 6 Episode 7 Episode 9 Episode 10 Episode 11 Episode 12

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Current Campaign / 2100 M.B. / recorded 2026-04-30

Story Type: Recap Story
Timeline Bucket: Current Campaign
Chronology: 2100 M.B. / recorded 2026-04-30
In-World Date: 2100 M.B. exact day TBD
Campaign Year: 2100 M.B.
Recorded Date: 2026-04-30